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Looks up a South African company by registration number against the CIPC commercial register. Didit exposes this service through POST /v3/database-validation/ so you can verify the submitted data against the authoritative source and receive normalized match results.

Coverage

  • Coverage:
  • Country: South Africa
  • Service ID: zaf_company_registry
  • Data domain: Government
  • Category: CompanyRegister

Inputs

  • Required inputs: company_registration_number
  • Optional inputs: company_name, vendor_data
  • Consent: Not required
  • Workflow availability: Standalone API only
  • Coverage:
  • Price: $0.65 per successful query

Body parameters

issuing_state
string
default:"ZAF"
required
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for this database service.Example: ZAF
services
string
default:"zaf_company_registry"
required
Array containing this service ID. Pinning the service keeps the request scoped to this exact database.Example: zaf_company_registry
company_registration_number
string
default:"REG-123456"
required
company_registration_number value required by this database service.Example: REG-123456
company_name
string
default:"Sample Company LLC"
company_name value required by this database service.Example: Sample Company LLC
vendor_data
string
default:"user-1234"
Your stable user reference for this person, such as your internal user ID. Didit uses it to link standalone checks to the same end user and reduce duplicate-detection noise.Example: user-1234

Input rules & validation notes

  • Send the fields listed above exactly as captured from the user or document.
  • Didit validates required fields before calling the database. Requests rejected before source lookup are not charged.

How to call it

Returned data

The exact fields surfaced in source_data depend on what the registry returns. The generated example for zaf_company_registry currently documents this normalized shape:
  • Varies by registry response.

Pricing & SLAs

South Africa - Company Registry Lookup queries are billed only when Didit receives a conclusive result from the validation source.
  • Per-call price: $0.65 USD.
  • Billing: per successful query. You are not charged when the registry is unreachable, when required fields are missing, or when the request is rejected before reaching the source.
  • Latency: typical p95 < 2 s.
  • Availability: 99.9% per quarter on Didit’s side; downstream source availability varies by country and dataset.

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